Friday, February 17, 2012

Actor Peggy McCay to Appear at March Fundraiser

PETCO Foundation Presents:

The Dog Days of our Lives Fundraiser,
with Emmy and Obie Award-Winning Actor Peggy McCay.


Peggy McCay's dog Ollie

Days of our Lives actor Peggy McCay, who originated the role of Caroline Brady that she has played since 1983, on the long-running NBC soap opera, will be making a guest appearance at Nashville’s Loews Vanderbilt Hotel, on Saturday, March 10, at 2 p.m.

$20 ticket price to benefit Proverbs.

Ms. McCay, a celebrated actor who has appeared in theater, film, sitcoms and soap-operas, is a long-time animal rights advocate, and volunteers for many animal rights orgs, such as Last Chance for Animals and Actors, Others for Animals and Peta.

Ms. McCay will be donating items from Days of our Lives for auction; country music stars and local Nashville businesses will also be contributing exciting items for auction.

Enjoy a special breakfast with Peggy:

For a $50 donation, you can have breakfast with Ms.McCay, on Sunday, March 11, 8 a.m. at the hotel.

Tickets can be purchased during Saturday adoptions at the Bellevue Petco, or via Proverbs at: info@proverbs1210rescue.org

Welcome to Proverbs 12:10 Animal Rescue!

Welcome to Proverbs 12:10 Animal Rescue
Bellevue, Tennessee

Proverbs 12:10 Animal Rescue's purpose is provide shelter and loving care, which includes food, veterinary care and any other necessity, for animals that were abused, abandoned, owner surrendered, or otherwise destined to be euthanized, due to over-crowded shelter conditions. Through the use of foster homes, Proverbs cares for these animals until good, responsible, loving homes can be found for all adoptable animals.

www.proverbs1210rescue.org
info@proverbsrescue.org

Proverbs 12:10 Animal Rescue
PO Box 210830
Nashville, TN 37221

Why Do Dogs Eat Grass?

Excerpt from an article by: Virginia Wells

Although dogs are primarily carnivoires, they will eat almost anything; they can survive on a well-balanced vegetarian diet. Like all living creatures, dogs need a combination of fats, carbohydrates, proteins, vitamins, minerals, and water in a balanced diet.

We're not sure why your pup likes grass; there have been many theories offered. Primarily, dogs are descended from wild canids, which ate the entire "kill" when they hunted for food. Since they consumed many herbivores (plant-eating animals), they wound up eating a lot of plants and even berries found in the stomach and intestines of their prey. Interestingly, carnivores tend to go for the stomach and its contents first, so it's likely that dogs may eat grass because they like it and it was once part of their normal diet.

Do dogs eat grass to make themselves vomit? Or do they vomit because they eat the grass? Most veterinarians believe that dogs eat grass simply because they like it, and vomiting naturally follows. When dogs eat grass, the grass acts as an irritant and causes vomiting. However, they may not be smart enough to use grass as a medicine when they have an upset stomach. That said, one of us has seem a dog with burrs stuck in his throat pounce on a Ficus plant and voraciously start scoffing great scads of leaves until he threw up, presumably in an attempt to dislodge the foreign material.

Some veterinarians believe that dogs eat grass because their prepared diets are lacking in greens and so they eat grass.

No matter what the reason, your dog's "grass" habit is normal behavior and you need not be concerned about it. A note of caution, however: Take care that your pet does not eat grass that has been treated with fertilizer, pesticides or herbicides.